Clothes-pounder.



Patented Aug; I3, .l90l.

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STATES ATENT Erica,

SAMUEL VVESTERVELT, OF BLOOMFIELD, NElV JERSEY.

CLOTHES-POUNDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,555, dated August13, 1901.

Application filed December 15, 1900. Serial No. 40,032. (No model),

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL WESTERVELT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bloomfield, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Clothes-Founder, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes-pounders; and theobject is to provide a simple and eifective construction of pounderwhich is light in weight and which may be manufactured and sold at a lowprice.

With the above object in view the invention consists in the novelfeatures of construction hereinafter fully described, particularlypointed out in the claim, and clearly illustrated by the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a ponnder embodyingmy invention, and Fig; 2 a vertical longitudinal sectional view of thesame.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, A B Odesignate three cones, arranged one within the other and formed at theirupper edges with concentric bands D, by means of which they are attachedto a handle E, said handle fitting in the innermost band. The centralcone A projects beyond the bottom edge of the other cones, asillustrated, and fixed within said cone at the lower edge of theinnermost cone B, and consequently at some distance from the lower edgeof said cone A, is a bottom plate F, said plate closing the opening tocone B and also bottom is provided with perforations H, some of themopening in the cone B and some into the chamber between cones A and B.Gone 0, which is the outer cone, has its lower end closed by an annularplate I, which is provided with perforations J. All of the conescommunicate with each other through perforations K, formed in the wallsof cones A and B.

From the above description it will be seen that I have produced a verysimple construction of clothes-pounder by means of which the clothes maybe very quickly and eifectively cleansed. V

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A clothes-washer, comprising a handle, a plurality of cones secured tothe lower end thereof and arranged one Within the other, theintermediate cone being extended below the lower edges of the othercones, a plate arranged in said cone at the lower end of the innermostcone, and closing said innermost cone and the space between said coneand said intermediate cone, and perforated in line with said innermostcone and said space, and an annular plate closing the lower end of theoutermost cone and perforated, said cones communicating with each otherthrough the medium of perforations formed in the Walls of the innercones, substantially as described.

SAMUEL \VESllERVEIIl.

Witnesses:

GEoRe-E BIKER, FREDK. O. lVIAOE.

